Word: colorados
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush, speaking to reporters as he returned to Washington from Colorado, said his administration would "always be vigilant against inflation [and] never relax our concern...
...deterred, police in Colorado this month will begin testing a new Star Wars-type speed trap that uses laser light to spot perpetrators. International Measurement & Control, the firm that developed the new device, claims its laser beams are not only invisible to radar detectors but unaffected by stealthy shields as well. Given the speedy pace of change, can antilaser systems be far behind...
Greenspan seemed determined to maintain that cautious pace. While he and Bush share a long acquaintance and are described by aides as "very comfortable" together, the Fed chairman vowed to continue his efforts to reduce inflation. When Colorado Democrat Tim Wirth noted that the Fed seemed to be caught in the midst of a dangerous "high-wire act," Greenspan solemnly replied, "It is." Unless the Administration and Congress can find a credible way to cut the budget deficit, the Fed's daredevil performance will remain the only act in town...
...serial murderer Ted Bundy was executed last month, Detroit-area editors and news directors followed one of journalism's most unshakable maxims: develop the local angle. In the case of Bundy, the local hook was Caryn Campbell, a 24-year-old nurse from Dearborn, Mich., whom Bundy murdered in Colorado in 1975. But what was second nature to most journalists was yet another horrible reminder for the Campbell family. "Any article or news report about Ted Bundy always included Caryn's name and the fact that 'her nude and frozen body was found in a snowbank,' " wrote her sister, Nancy...
There is a lot more to Vail than its ski slopes, but the skiing is really the raison d'etre for the town, and it does live up to its reputation. Unlike a lot of the ski areas in Colorado, Vail has a very diverse range of slopes. In the back bowl most of the runs are difficult or very difficult, and there is usually a lot of powder. On the front of the mountain the slopes tend to be a little easier, with several good intermediate runs and a lot of beginner hills near the bottom...